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BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE
GOVERNOR
MENTAL ILLNESS A \VARENESS \VEEK
2009
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, bipolar di so rder, major depression,
obsess ive-compul sive diso rder, severe anxi ety di sorders, borderline personality di sorder, and post­traumatic
stress di sorders (PTSD) affect a total of6% ofNorth Carolina's ad ult population each year; and
WHEREAS, North Ca rol ina 's Local Management Entities (LME) served a to ta l of97 ,294
ch il dren and 149,747 adult s with severe menta l illn esses in 2008 making mental illness more common
than cancer, diabetes, and hea rt di sease; and
WHEREAS, at least 30 to 40% of Iraq veterans, or about hal f a million peopl e, will face a serious
psych ological wound, including depression, anxiety, or PTSD while less than 40% of these veterans are
receivi ng treatment; and
WH EREAS, the best treatments for serious mental illnesses today are highly effe ctive with 70-
90% of individuals having a signi ficant reduction of symptoms and improved quality of life with a
combinat ion of pharmacologica l and psychosoc ial treatments and supports; and
WHEREAS, Citi zens of North Ca rol ina shou ld work together to help fi ght th e sti gma surrounding
mental illness and di scrimin at ion from soc ietal prej udice causing those who arc affected to be cast as
second-cl ass citi zens;
NOW, THEREFORE, T BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE, Governor of the sta te of North Carolina,
do hereby proclaim October 4 through October I 0, 2009, as "MENTAL ILLNESS AWARENESS
\VEEK" in North Carolina and urge all citi zens to commend its obse rvance.
BEVERLY EA YES PERDUE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have here unto set my hand and affi xed th e Grea t Sea l of the State of
North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this second day of October in the year of our Lord two thousand
and nin e, and_ofthe Independence of th e United States of America the two hundred and thi1iy-fourth.

BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE
GOVERNOR
MENTAL ILLNESS A \VARENESS \VEEK
2009
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, bipolar di so rder, major depression,
obsess ive-compul sive diso rder, severe anxi ety di sorders, borderline personality di sorder, and post­traumatic
stress di sorders (PTSD) affect a total of6% ofNorth Carolina's ad ult population each year; and
WHEREAS, North Ca rol ina 's Local Management Entities (LME) served a to ta l of97 ,294
ch il dren and 149,747 adult s with severe menta l illn esses in 2008 making mental illness more common
than cancer, diabetes, and hea rt di sease; and
WHEREAS, at least 30 to 40% of Iraq veterans, or about hal f a million peopl e, will face a serious
psych ological wound, including depression, anxiety, or PTSD while less than 40% of these veterans are
receivi ng treatment; and
WH EREAS, the best treatments for serious mental illnesses today are highly effe ctive with 70-
90% of individuals having a signi ficant reduction of symptoms and improved quality of life with a
combinat ion of pharmacologica l and psychosoc ial treatments and supports; and
WHEREAS, Citi zens of North Ca rol ina shou ld work together to help fi ght th e sti gma surrounding
mental illness and di scrimin at ion from soc ietal prej udice causing those who arc affected to be cast as
second-cl ass citi zens;
NOW, THEREFORE, T BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE, Governor of the sta te of North Carolina,
do hereby proclaim October 4 through October I 0, 2009, as "MENTAL ILLNESS AWARENESS
\VEEK" in North Carolina and urge all citi zens to commend its obse rvance.
BEVERLY EA YES PERDUE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have here unto set my hand and affi xed th e Grea t Sea l of the State of
North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this second day of October in the year of our Lord two thousand
and nin e, and_ofthe Independence of th e United States of America the two hundred and thi1iy-fourth.